Monthly Archives: March 2006

Now that Ive had some time to actually think about this, it seems to me that Jon Stewarts rebound from his fairly weak start was something of a considered rebellion. All along, we heard that Stewart wasnt going to do … Continue reading →

So now we know why Hollywood shouldnt make any issue? flicks: Because the Oscar will invariably go to the most obvious one of the bunch. Crash? beat out what to my mind seemed a largely superior roster of movies for … Continue reading →

Jack Nicholson looked surprised as he announced “Crash” was Best Picture. Which was the only speech cut off by the orchestra all night — huh? It sort of begs the question: Where was the tipping point where Academy voters tilted … Continue reading →

Finally, some political commentary: Larry McMurtry, winning Best Adapted Screenplay for “Brokeback Mountain,” championed “the culture of the book, which we mustn’t lose.” Like they’re California condors or something. Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco won the Academy Award for Best … Continue reading →

At this point, who has the most Oscars? Memoirs of a Geisha is sweeping everyone else, winning three technical trophies, for art direction, costume design and cinematography. Jon Stewart with a pointed Oscar count: “Martin Scorsese, zero Oscars. 3-6 Mafia … Continue reading →

As has been expected by just about everyone for the past three months, Philip Seymour Hoffman won the Best Actor Oscar for “Capote.” Probably the most rambling speech of the night — “I’m in a category with some great, great, … Continue reading →

Crash won its first Oscar, for film editing. Which revealed Oscar’s dirty little secret — the longer the winner gabbles on, the less the music plays: When the winner, Hughes Winborne, announced he had passed his time limit, he told … Continue reading →

The remainder of the live blogging of the Oscars will be presented in the style of the acceptance speech for Best Song.

What is up with all these montages? Chuck Workman did one a decade or two back that did kind of stir you in its evocation of decades of film history in five or six minutes, but that’s no reason to … Continue reading →

Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, is ladling out the requisite long-winded self-congratulatory hooey. He’s going on about how stirring the montage of scenes from issue-oriented movies was, apparently having missed Stewart’s wonderful dismissal of said montage as it ended: … Continue reading →